After Making Millions In His 20s, This Guy Got Venture Funding For A Google-Killerhttp://www.businessinsider.com/gabriel-weinbergs-duckduckgo-2013-4/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:19:23 -0500Megan Rose Dickeyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da88b6bb3f79858000026Chris_HalaszThu, 04 Apr 2013 12:21:31 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da88b6bb3f79858000026
What a name! Genius isn't the word!!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d031a6bb3f76523000003lukmanleongThu, 04 Apr 2013 00:35:38 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d031a6bb3f76523000003
I am trying to DuckDuckGoing for my research...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ce88d69bedd5b53000002jamesxxxxxxxWed, 03 Apr 2013 22:42:21 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ce88d69bedd5b53000002
RULE 1 OF STARTUPS: YOU CANNOT REPLACE AN INCUMBENT. EVER.
There needs to be a revolution in technology for this to happen.
Video game platforms evolve quickly - every generation there is a new winner.
Nobody will displace MS in desktop OS. In order for them to be usurped - someone had to fundamentally 'change the game', i.e. tablets form Apple. Now iOS owns tablets and nobody will likely stop them.
Nobody will displace Google in search.
Nobody will displace FB in social on the desktop.
Nobody will display Instagram for social on mobile. (well, it's still early ...)
If there was a 'fundamentally' different approach that made it not competitive with Google but 'transcending' it - then this guy would have a chance.
As it stands, he'll eke out a tiny share of the market for curious people.
If you think that for any reason 'Duck' will be better with anything including privacy you are wrong.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c7ef2ecad047e3100000cGary OvertonWed, 03 Apr 2013 15:11:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c7ef2ecad047e3100000c
Who said I wouldn't share? The name of the item is ImageStix. I haven't tried it in several years so I don't know if that is still true. It was true when I tried it and that is all that mattershttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c42c869bedd3025000004douginvirginiaWed, 03 Apr 2013 10:55:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c42c869bedd3025000004
I like how you can remember the anecdote but won't share the name of the item to see if your story is still current.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c33f569beddf001000007John HenderWed, 03 Apr 2013 09:51:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c33f569beddf001000007
First thing, change the name. As great of a product as it might be, the general mass will never adopt searching on DuckDuckGo. Quit with the cutesy names and keep it simple -- Apple, Google, Nike, Ford.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c2bf6ecad04b211000015sweetdougWed, 03 Apr 2013 09:17:42 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c2bf6ecad04b211000015
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PS. Why does my statement above, ring with such chilling plausibility?
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To be filed under "Harbingers of Doom" and "Mark My Words"…
You will know what type of society and where we are heading, when the Government makes it illegal for a search engine NOT to track people's searches, and/or writes legislation that makes it turn over this search data, somehow, to the government.
This will be a watershed moment, IF it occurs, but one that should not be disregarded.
That this type of search engine had to be created in the first place, and markets itself as a search engine that DOESN'T track you, should give you pause for thought and for the future.
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Orwell
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V-Vhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c294d6bb3f75802000011douginvirginiaWed, 03 Apr 2013 09:06:21 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c294d6bb3f75802000011
Ahem.
Google does 100 billion searches / month.
Alta Vista, in 1998, got 13 million searches per day.
I hope he's not holding his breath waiting to catch Google.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c28b5eab8eabd1700000cGary OvertonWed, 03 Apr 2013 09:03:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c28b5eab8eabd1700000c
I've used DuckDuckGo for several years.
I was once searching for an item that has a brand name but is in very limited distribution. I couldn't find it using Google even after going 10 pages in.
When I tried on DuckDuckGo it appeared on the 1sy page of the search results.
When they add images and maps I will probably be using it at least 75% of the timehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c272ceab8ea0218000006Steve WiseWed, 03 Apr 2013 08:57:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515c272ceab8ea0218000006
Really looking forward to see how this story develops. Google has alienated a lot of people using many of the same tactics that made Microsoft so loved (and hated) at the same time.